Guide: Flash your GTX 580M to GTX 675M in the R3!

[SlickDude80]

I got a 7970 in my m15x but I need some drivers to test it. If anyone has a 7970m driver let me know. I want to see how it does against the green team

if you want to test it in a m17x R3, i'm near by

And Geo fixed the throttling issue before Dell did

well, like i said many times previously, the members on here know their stuff. BUt lets do some testing first and see if there is any longevity to the throttle fix and that there are no issues before we raise our hands completely

This is a great day for 580m owners though...finally a ray of hope

[widezu69]

Once I get some response from the guys over at mvktech, I'll get it all set up easy for everyone to do. Credit will be given where appropriate,. Lets not forget pau1ow for the bios

[GeoCake]

And Geo fixed the throttling issue before Dell did

Lmao, I'm just a guinea pig more than anything. But... bad news!

Tested it in a game and it throttled at 78C. It seems like anything identified as an Nivida card in the bios, will throttle at that temperature.

Oh well.

[SlickDude80]

this means the throttle is being applied at a device ID level. Is there a way to spoof that?

[GeoCake]

Lol. Gotta give Dell credit for a flawless throttle mechanic!

[widezu69]

Now if we can spoof it and make the bios think it is a AMD card...

[SlickDude80]

Now if we can spoof it and make the bios think it is a AMD card...

ya bro...i wasn't kidding about that. how can we spoof the device id on the card?

[GeoCake]

Stock clocks bench: Generic VGA video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M17xR3 score: P3593 3DMarks

How does it compare (the GPU score, not overall)?

Making it appear as a AMD card is just not possible, imagine the driver issue and stuff.. and you would need to mod the vbios and stuff.. just not possible.

[littleone562]

Awesome job, any performance boost by any chance?

[GeoCake]

Well I have posted benches for stock clocks and overclocked clocks so you decide based on the GPU scores!